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[bobdylan-n-jonimitchell]

Some polaroids from Rolling Thunder percussionist, Luther Rix.

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[krispyweiss]

Album Review: RIX - Legacy, Vol. 1

From one-third of the Wood Brothers to one-half of RIX, Jano Rix keeps family ties strong on his latest project, a joint with his drumming father, Luther, titled Legacy, Vol. 1.

And this 12-years-in-the-making, father-son project makes the possibility of a follow-up enticing.

Legacy 1 brings an unmistakable bit of the Woods, a touch of the production flair Jano Rix provides to other artists and many of the styles Luther Rix has been developing over decades of work with Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Bette Midler and others.

Woodsian sounds abound courtesy of Jano’s keyboards, percussion, melodica, guitar, bass and work behind the board counterbalanced with the funk of “Oop;” the string-accompanied blue jazz of “Strangely Blue,” based on the melody of Chicago’s “Colour My World;” and “Folk Song,” which finds RIX looking toward Ireland.

All of the preceding are instrumental - along with the self-explanatory “Melodica” and “Sci-Fi Finale” - while the remaining six tracks feature vocals, with father and son trading turns on leads. The latter goes high in his range on the Woodsian “Down and Nylon,” Legacy’s lone live recording, while the former fronts the LP-opening “Blow Wind Blow” in Dr. John’s arrangement of Huey “Piano” Smith’s number. “I Ain’t Dancin’,” meanwhile, recalls the Woods’ “Don’t Think about My Death” as son and father trade verses and share choruses.

Grade card: RIX - Legacy, Vol. 1 - B

12/16/25

[krispyweiss]

Song Review(s): Rix - “Oop,” “Blow Wind Blow” and “All Kinds”

Two of the three preview singles from Rix’s debut album leave no doubt as to the duo’s pedigree.

Rix is the son-father team of Wood Brothers multi-instrumentalist Jano Rix and his session (Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, et. al) drumming pops, Luther. Due Nov. 7, Legacy Vol. 1 makes its roots obvious on the funky instrumental “Oop” and its nonstop shuffle and “Blow Wind Blow,” which features Woodsian harmonies, percussion and keys behind Luther Rix’s drumming and baritone vocals.

“This album celebrates the shared feel, groove, songs and love of music that (my dad) passed down to me,” Jano Rix said in a statement.

Together, the pair play everything on the LP, which is quite astonishing on these two songs and a little more believable on the balladic “All Kinds,” a piano-based paean to the world’s beauty that recalls Runt-era Todd Rundgren.

If the lead tracks are any indication, Legacy Vol. 1 will be familiar enough to attract Wood Brothers fans to the new duo and divergent enough to perhaps send folks still unaware to check out the old trio.

Grade card: “Oop,” “Blow Wind Blow” and “All Kinds” - A/B+/C

10/22/25